Guest guest Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Funny ha ha. Yes I have the same problem, the one thing I have going for myself is that we have a water bed and boy is this great when I go to bed. I have a comforter that keeps me cozy and when I get cold I just crawl into bed for 30 or 40 minutes during the day to warm up. I also use a heating pad an some extra pillows. Eva leonie cent <leoniecent@...> wrote: hahaha ! I like your analogies Ken. Thanks for the laugh. We'll just call you Mungo from now on. I'm pretty much the same as you, experiencing the worst pains early in the morning and also feeling very cold. I'm like C3PO after he hasn't been oiled for 10 years. I always fall onto the toilet seat with a thud... I once fell onto it and a chunk of it cracked off - must get that fixed. At least you can stand up I also get the shivers ...at night and any time of the day or in any season, even if it's hot outside. Have you tried different things with your bed eg. raising your legs up, or a hot water bottle ? I do this and it helps. I get a big doona or pile of pillows and put my legs over them so the joints are kind of like in more of a sitting position. The hot water bottle keeps the circulation going longer so the joints don't get a chance to stiffen up so easily. I also have a magnetic knee wrap which keeps the knee warm. Sorry if these suggestions sound trite... I hate to sound like one of those annoying people who, after mentioning you have arthritis, tell you to take celery seeds or something. all the best, Leonie rheumatic Nightly Pains The Circadian Rhythm of Rheumatoid Arthritis It seems with most of us, RAers, that the pain and joint stiff are at their height between 2 and 4 am. In this recent flair, I , like the protagonist in " The Amityville Horror " , wake up at 2 am every night with severe pain and stiffness in most joints. I usually, with great difficulty, hobble to the toilet, like an extra from " The Robe " and by the time I get back into my bunk, I am shivering and shaking and freezing, like the African explorer, Mungo Park, in the swamps of the Gambia. My Question is: Does anything else suffer this nightly terror of shivering and feeling very cold when in a flair? Please let me know. Ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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